Personal experience...

Posted by Carl on May 23, 2002 at 15:44:42:

In Reply to: Ok, here's a question re: fat drymarchon in captivity posted by Scott Garrett on May 23, 2002 at 15:15:13:

I'm old enough to have been able to catch Ingigos..Texas and Easterns, as well as Cribos in the wild...While captive animals may be a little stouter, you would have to get out a scale...These animals are big and thick in the wild, too...Just another reason we luv 'em!! Carl

: I was recently visiting a local nature center which has a 5-6 foot eastern indigo. Probably closer to 5 feet. In terms of girth, it was like a lot of captive indogos I've seen at museums and other nature centers here in FL. These snakes are absolutely FAT. This particular one had a girth like a semi-squashed grapefruit. I know drymarchon are robust snakes, but this was getting towards blood python thick.

: Every pic of drymarchon I've seen they tend to be more colubrid-like, but on the thick side.

: So is this kind of fatness (for lack of a better word) just a by-product of captivity?

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• and mine... Dean Alessandrini 05/23/02 (3)
  • Oh, I almost forgot ( a question) Scott Garrett 05/23/02 (1)
    • My Cribos are... Carl 05/24/02 (0)
  • LOL, I can relate, unfortunately ;-) (np) Scott Garrett 05/23/02 (0)

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: I'm old enough to have been able to catch Ingigos..Texas and Easterns, as well as Cribos in the wild...While captive animals may be a little stouter, you would have to get out a scale...These animals are big and thick in the wild, too...Just another reason we luv 'em!! Carl : : I was recently visiting a local nature center which has a 5-6 foot eastern indigo. Probably closer to 5 feet. In terms of girth, it was like a lot of captive indogos I've seen at museums and other nature centers here in FL. These snakes are absolutely FAT. This particular one had a girth like a semi-squashed grapefruit. I know drymarchon are robust snakes, but this was getting towards blood python thick. : : Every pic of drymarchon I've seen they tend to be more colubrid-like, but on the thick side. : : So is this kind of fatness (for lack of a better word) just a by-product of captivity?

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